This was a series of surprises to Tony, who had met one of those men and while he hadn't spent much time with Eli, hadn't even been under the impression that he was even from the same place as Cal. Maybe life did genuinely get better for some people without Jedi around. A bunch of kids separated from their families and trained for war had more than enough reason to take the first out they were offered.

More immediately, Tony didn't know that there had actually been that kind of tension after Echo's arrival after talking to Cal about it the first time. He seemed like he had it under control then, and wasn't worried--and Obi-Wan generally seemed unflappable. Echo was the one that Tony knew had killed people on Coruscant, so he narrowed his eyes then wiggled his fingers to ask, "Nobody mind-controlled him, did they?" That seemed like the opposite of smoothing a wrinkle, but would explain why Cal thought there was no point in picking a fight if that was how they were ending them.